Blood cell induction in Xenopus animal cap explants: Effects of fibroblast growth factor, bone morphogenetic proteins, and activin

Development Genes and Evolution

Volumn 209, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 69-76

  Miyanaga, Yuko ^a   Shiurba, Robert ^b   Asashima, Makoto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b Misato Plaheat Mfg Ltd   (Japan)

Author keywords

Activin; Amphibian haematepoiesis; Basic fibroblast growth factor; Bone morphogenetic proteins; Leukocytes

Indexed keywords

ACTIVIN; BASIC FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR; BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN 2; BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN 4;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLASTULA; BLOOD CELL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO CULTURE; ERYTHROCYTE; ERYTHROPOIESIS; HEMATOPOIESIS; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; LEUKOCYTE; LEUKOPOIESIS; MESODERM; MUSCLE DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; XENOPUS;

ACTIVINS; ANIMALS; BLASTOCYST; BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEINS; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR 2; HEMATOPOIESIS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; INHIBINS; MESODERM; XENOPUS;

EID: 0033061521     PISSN: 0949944X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004270050229     Document Type: Article

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